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Eligibility Criteria (2004-2005)
Eligibility Criteria for Hong Kong Housing Authority Public
Rental Housing Applicants on the Waiting List
Type of
Applications
|
Eligibility
Criteria |
Ordinary
Families |
Single Elderly
Persons Priority Scheme |
Elderly
Persons Priority Scheme |
Priority
Scheme for Families with Elderly Persons (Note 1) |
Special
Scheme for families with Elderly Persons (Note 2) |
| 1.Applicant's
Age |
At least 18 years of age. |
Applicants must be 58 years old or over at the time of registration and must
have attained the age of 60 at the time of allocation. |
Applicants and other members must be 58 years old or over at
the time of registration and must have attained the age of
60 at the time of allocation. |
At least 18 years old (the elderly persons must have attained the age of 60 or
over). |
At least 18 years old (the elderly persons must have attained the age of 60 or
over). |
| 2.
Household Size |
At least 2 related persons living together. Single persons can also register on
a separate list. |
Single elderly
applicants will be allocated Housing for Senior Citizens,
converted flats or self-contained flats.
|
2 or more
elderly persons, either related or unrelated, who undertake
to live together upon allocation.
|
The
applicant’s family must be composed of at least 2 persons
with at least 1elderly relative.
|
The applicant’s family must be a nuclear family plus at
least 2 elderly parents or any dependent relatives of the
applicant or his/her spouse. |
| 3.
Monthly Household Income |
Not exceeding the income limits which are reviewed annually.
|
| 4.
Household Asset |
The family should not own total assets exceeding
the asset limits which are reviewed annually.
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| 5.
Property Ownership |
At the time of
registration of application up to the signing of tenancy
agreement of the public housing unit, the applicant or
his/her family members must not:
a)
be the owner of any domestic property in Hong Kong; b) have
entered into any agreement to purchase such property in Hong
Kong; or c) own more than 50% share in a company which owns
domestic properties in Hong Kong. |
| 6.
Length of Residence |
On allocation, at least half of the family members must have
lived in Hong Kong for 7 years and are still living in
Hong Kong. All children under the age of 18, regardless of
their place of birth, will be deemed as having satisfied the
7-year residence rule provided that one of their parents
has lived in Hong Kong for 7 years. |
Notes:
1.
Persons under this priority scheme must have their applications registered for 2 years and will have their housing allocation advanced by
3 years at
most. The applicant and the elderly person(s) are required to sign an
undertaking declaring that they will live together.
2.
This scheme allows young families to apply together with their
elderly parents/dependent relatives in 1 or 2 applications
for 2 separate flats under 1 or 2 tenancies in the same
estate in New Towns. Flat allocation will be advanced by 2
years but is subject to availability of resources in the New
Towns and their applications must have been registered for 2
years. An eligible applicant should abide by a tenancy condition
on his/her obligation to look after his/her elderly
parents/dependent relatives.
Income and Total Net Asset Limits for Single Persons and
Families
| Family
size |
Maximum
Income Limit per month
(Note
3) |
Total
Net Asset Limits |
| |
(Effective
form 1.4.2004) |
(Effective
form 1.4.2004) |
| 1
Person |
$
6,600 ($6,947) |
$170,000 |
| 2
Persons |
$10,000
($10,526) |
$230,000
(Note 4) |
| 3
Persons |
$11,700
($12,316) |
$300,000
(Note
4) |
| 4
Persons |
$14,000
($14,737) |
$350,000 |
| 5
Persons |
$15,800
($16,632) |
$390,000 |
| 6
Persons |
$17,300
($18,211) |
$420,000 |
| 7
Persons |
$18,700
($19,684) |
$450,000 |
| 8
Persons |
$19,800
($20,842) |
$470,000 |
| 9
Persons |
$21,300
($22,421) |
$520,000 |
| 10
or more Persons |
$22,600
($23,789) |
$560,000 |
Income
and Total Net Asset Limits for Unrelated Elderly Persons
| Family
size |
Maximum
Income Limit per month (Note
3) |
Total
Net Assist Limit |
| |
(Effective from 1.4.2004) |
(Effective from 1.4.2004) |
| 2 Persons |
$12,000 ($12,632) |
$230,000 |
| 3 Persons |
$14,000 ($14,737) |
$300,000 |
| 4 Persons |
$16,800 ($17,684) |
$350,000 |
Notes:
3.
Figures in ( ) denote the effective income limits should an
applicant and all family members be contributing 5% of their income under the
Mandatory Provident Fund or provident fund scheme as required by the law. 4.
Asset
limits for nuclear households of 2 to 3 persons whose members
are all elderly persons (aged 60 or above) will be the same as
4-person households, i.e. $350,000.
Hong Kong Housing Authority. (2004).
Hong Kong Housing Authority 2003/2004 Annual Report.
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Housing Authority, Appendix 6A, pp. 7-8. |
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